Parish Christmas arrangements
Thursday 6th January: Feast of the Epiphany
Vigil Mass: Wednesday 6pm.
Morning Mass; 10am & 11.30am
Evening Mass: 5.30pm
Sunday 9th January: Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord
11.30am Mass for families of children baptised during 2010.
PARISH PASTORAL CENTRE
The Parish Pastoral Centre will reopen on Tuesday January 4th. (Tea/ coffee will be available, as usual, after morning Masses on all Sundays)
Copies of the Parish’s Christmas Schedule and 2011 Calendar are available on the tables at the back of the church.
We thank you for Christmas Day’s Offertory Collection of €3,109 and the Share Collection which amounted to €2,514.
The Society of St. Vincent De Paul received a total contribution of €20,190 from their annual collection in Milltown Parish.
COMMUNION IN THE HOME
We invite parishioners to inform the priests if any members of their families or neighbours who may be housebound and would wish the Eucharist to be taken to them periodically.
DUNDRUM PUBLIC LIBRARY is a free service to everyone in the community. Members can borrow books, CDs, DVDs, talking books and computer games. We also provide free Internet access and WiFi. .For more information go to www.dlrcoco.ie/library or ring us at 2985000
Day of Prayer in the Irish Church
The Irish Episcopal Conference has issued a statement regarding a Day of Prayer in the Irish Church fro the needs of Ireland, North and South.
“On 2nd January 2011, the first Sunday of the New Year, the Gospel of St John will proclaim that the ‘light has come into the world, the true light that gives light to everyone’, a light which the darkness has not overcome. We ask Parishes across the country, North and South, to dedicate this first Sunday of the New Year to prayer for the needs of our whole island at this time. We ask them to pray for politicians, civil servants, economists and those who order our commercial, economic and financial life that they will receive the wisdom and courage to build our economic future on the principles of justice, solidarity and the common good with a particular concern for the vulnerable and the poor. Christian leaders will be coming together to plan additional days of prayer across the island in the months ahead. We encourage the political community itself and all Irish citizens to rally the human, social, intellectual and spiritual resources of our country in a united effort to build our financial economy and ensure it achieves its human and social ends”
+ Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin.
JANUARY IN ORLAGH: A good way to start the new year would be to base yourself firmly in your identity as a person loved by God. This will be the topic of our opening Day for Yourself in the coming year. John Byrne and Bernadette Toal will lead the day on January 8th entitled Owning your identity and believing that God loves you. The day will run from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm with the opportunity of staying on for Mass at 4.30. Cosr €50 (including a full lunch).
To book for this event contact Orlagh Retreat Centre, Old Court Road, Dublin 16. Tel (087) 798 9273; Email: info@orlagh.ie
The Pope John Paul II Awards:
Catholic Youth Care, in association with the Dublin Archdiocesan office of Evangelisation is delighted to announce a new pastoral programme for young people in the diocese as part of the Year of Evangelisation. The Pope John Paul II Awards will be run by CYC in Dublin. CYC will be supporting parishes, schools and young people in this new Award. This is an exciting new project that has the ability to show young people how to actively live out their faith. We warmly welcome young people between the ages of 16 and 18 years in schools and parishes throughout the Diocese.
For more information visit www.thepopejohnpauliiaward.com
Marriage and relationship Counselling
“ACCORD offers a safe, professional and confidential process facilitating couples and individuals to explore, reflect upon and resolve difficulties in their marriage & relationship. Marriage and families are today experiencing new and more complex challenges than ever before. Our service is available to all regardless of marital status.
ACCORD Counsellors are trained to the highest professional standards. Our training is accredited by the National Association of Pastoral Counsellor and Psychotherapists.
We are a non-profit organisation and, while we ask our clients to make a donation if circumstances allow them, nobody is refused counselling due to a lack of money.
If you find that you are having difficulty talking to each other then talk to ACCORD. We are there to help you. For further information or to make an appointment please phone – 4780866 / 4784400”
We thank those of you who have already returned your Christmas Dues. Dues envelopes may be placed in the collection bags at Mass, given to one of the priests or handed into the Sacristy or the Parish Office.
MILLTOWN INSTITUTE
A Selected Modules Open Evening will take place in Milltown Institute on Wed. 5th January at 5pm -8pm. Choose from a wonderful selection of modules in the areas of Theology, Spirituality, Philosophy and Ministry. Take a module for personal interest or for academic credits. Further details are on the institute’s website: www.milltown-institute.ie
If you would like to consider becoming a blood donor contact the Irish Blood Transfusion Service which is located at the National Blood Centre in James St. The telephone number is 4322800 and the web site address is www.giveblood.ie.
Unwanted Gifts Appeal:
Staff in St. Mary’s Pro- Cathedral are again appealing to people to donate unwanted Christmas gifts for distribution to the homeless. The gifts will be given to Crosscare who will distribute them to people most in need throughout 2011 and use them as Christmas gifts for people who may never receive one, this time next year. If the appeal is as successful as it has been in previous years, Crosscare will sell the surplus gifts in their “Gifts for Good” shop in Cathedral Street and use the monies raised in their homeless services around Dublin. Unwanted gifts can be left at the crib in the Pro Cathedral up until Jan. 6th.
Please leave details of any item you wish to have included in this Weekly Bulletin in the Parish office before lunch hour on Wednesday.
